English-Latvian translations for blackmail

• šantāža
  Tā nav šantāža, jo Eiropā ar šantāžu nenodarbojas. It is not blackmail, because in Europe, we do not do blackmail.
  Tas nav nekas cits kā šantāža. This is nothing short of blackmail.
  Šantāža ir vilinošs, bet slikts risinājums. The temptation of blackmail is a bad counsellor.

Definition of blackmail

• The extortion of money by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure
• Black rent, or rent paid in corn, meat, or the lowest coin, as opposed to white rent, which was paid in silver
• To extort money or favors from by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, such as injury to reputation, distress of mind, false accusation, etc
• To speak ill of someone; to defame someone

Examples

• He blackmailed a businesswoman by threatening to expose an alleged fraud.

Related words

• blackmailer
• blackmailing
• blackmail letter
• emotional blackmail
• deliver by blackmail